A turbo charged home support cheered on unbeaten Belfast hero Carl Frampton as he successfully defended his IBF junior featherweight title for the first time with a fifth-round technical knockout over Chris Avalos on Saturday.

On Saturday, millions across the UK and the Republic of Ireland will be able to watch IBF junior featherweight beltholder Carl Frampton defend his title against mandatory challenger Chris Avalos live on free terrestrial television.

IBF junior featherweight titleholder Carl Frampton’s defense against Chris Avalos, in Belfast, Northern Ireland on Feb. 28, will be shown live in the UK by free-to-air channel, ITV, which is expected to attract an armchair audience of at least 5 million, possibly more.

Carl Frampton will defend his IBF junior featherweight title against Chris Avalos either on Feb. 28 or March 27 at the Odyssey Arena in Frampton’s hometown of Belfast, Northern Ireland, IBF President Daryl Peoples informed RingTV.com on Thursday.

It looks like RING junior featherweight champion Guillermo Rigondeaux is looking for a new opponent since Top Rank Promotions seemingly pulled his WBO mandatory, Chris Avalos out of their scheduled fight.

Carl Frampton could go on to become the greatest Irish boxer of all time, according to the promoter Barry McGuigan, after the young Ulsterman claimed his first world title against the relentless, teak-tough Spaniard Kiko Martínez on Belfast’s Titanic Causeway on Saturday.

Filipino veteran Rolly Lunas will make his U.S. debut this Saturday when he faces sturdy contender Chris Avalos in a 10-round junior featherweight bout at the AVI Resort & Casino in Laughlin, Nev. The fight will be televised on UniMas.